Insider Perspective: Africa Climate Week
Last week, close to 3,000 delegates representing governments, business leaders and civil society stakeholders gathered in Accra, Ghana for the 2019 Africa Climate Week (ACW2019).
Category: WBCSD News & Insights
Call for cooperation in West Africa to enhance information for farmers impacted by climate change
New agri-tech initiative ‘CocoaCloud’ to provide critical data for farmers and industry Accra, Ghana, 21 March 2019: Today, on the International Day of Forests, at the UN (…)
Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber holds inaugural General Assembly, appoints Executive Committee
Singapore, 21 March 2019: Today, natural rubber stakeholders convened for the inaugural General Assembly of the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) – an independent platform (…)
Arcadis and WBCSD help cities transition to sustainable mobility
Every city in the world is different, yet each and every one of them is facing the same challenge: coping with ever-increasing demands on their (…)
Waiting on the world to change
New Delhi, 18 March 2019: For the eight year in a row, ‘water crisis’ was included as a top-five risk in terms of likelihood in the World (…)
City officials in Brazil commit 100 million to a new Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan
The city of Feira de Santana in the region of Bahia, Brazil, adopts ambitious sustainable urban mobility plan following engagement with WBCSD’s SiMPlify sustainable urban (…)
Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals at the core of business
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were a prominent area of focus at GreenBiz 2019, one of North America’s key sustainable business conferences which took place the last week of February in Phoenix, Arizona.
Towards an improved understanding of tire wear contribution to airborne particulate matter
Geneva, 13 March 2019: Vehicle exhaust and non-exhaust sources including brake wear, tire wear, and road pavement abrasion are contributors to airborne particulate matter (PM) which (…)
Time for action is now – Bill Sisson, new Director for North America
Phoenix, AZ, 28 February 2019: 2019 will mark four years since the United Nations (UN) Member States unanimously agreed on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). (…)
Social & Human Capital Coalition launches the Social & Human Capital Protocol
27 February 2019, Geneva Switzerland: Today, in conjunction with GreenBiz 2019, the Social & Human Capital Coalition (SHCC) launched the Social & Human Capital Protocol. This (…)